Mattress border forming device



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MATTRESS BORDER FORMING DEVICE Filed Jan. 13, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 April 25, 1939. M. MARSACK MATTRESS BORDER FORMING DEVICE Filed Jan. 13, 1957 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Apr. 25, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Max Marsack, Milwaukee, Wis.,

assignor, by

mesne assignments, to Marsack Patents Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Delaware Application January 13, 1937, Serial No. 120,424

8 Claims.

This invention relates to mattress border forming devices, and among other objects is intended, particularly, to provide novel means for assembling the padding material and casing material, folding the casing material over and around the longitudinal edges of the padding, applying a finishing ply thereto and securing the padding, casing material and finishing ply together.

Another object of the present invention is. to provide folding horns having novel means associated therewith for retaining the edge portion of the casing material in proper position during the entire folding thereof, and to guide the folded casing material from the folding horns with the edge portions of the casing material in close proximity to each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for retaining the casing material guide plates in proper relation to each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for guiding the padding material through the folding device in proper relation to the casing material passing therethrough.

A further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable mounting for the folding device whereby the delivery end of the folding horns may be positioned properly with respect to a cooperating securing device, associated therewith for securing the various materials of the mattress border together.

A still further object of the invention is to' improve devices of the character described in sundry details hereinafter referred to and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One embodiment of the present invention is shown for illustrative purposes in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a structure embodying features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a substantial portion of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevational view taken substantially as indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevational view taken substantially as indicated by the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a transverse end elevational view taken substantially as indicated by the line 5--5 of Fig. l, and showing the material of the mattress border structure in section;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the elementsor materials comprising the mattress: border, and illustrating the form assumed by the materials in their passage through the assembling and fold.-

ing devices employed in forming the mattress border; and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the completed border and taken substantially as indicated by the line 1-4 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Thepresent invention is intended for use in producing a mattress border indicated, as a whole, by the numeral 3 and of the character illustrated in cross-section in Fig. 7, and which comprises a padding 9 having a casing material Ii! extending along its lower side, the said casing material having its edge portions folded over on top of the padding ill in a manner to bring their opposite longitudinal edge portions adjacent each other as indicated at ll (Figs. 6 and '7) on the upper side of the padding and adjacent the central portion thereof.

The mattress border is also provided with a finishing ply or strip I2 on the side of the mattress border 8 adjacent the edge portions of the casing material It] and the entire structure secured together adjacent its central longitudinal portion by fastening means shown, in the present instance, as rivets l3.

The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is shown, and is intended to function or operate in conjunction with a device for securing the materials of the mattress border together, and which, for convenience, may be referred to as a stitching machine, which may operateto actually stitch the materials together by the use of threads, or secure them together by stapling, riveting or the use of eyelets.

In the present instance, the securing or stitching means employed as indicated, as a whole, by the numeral l4 and is shown as a riveting machine of a type illustrated and described in the co-pending application of Sam Marsack and William Loefller, Jr., for Riveting machine for mattress borders, filed November 5, 1936, Serial No. 109,234, wherein the materials of the mattress border are moved intermittently to the riveting machine by a pair of upper and lower feed rollers 15 and I6, respectively, adapted to engage the mattress border 8 for drawing the materials thereof through the stitching machine M, the feed rollers i5 and It being shown, in the present instance, as driven by suitable gearing I? (Fig. 2) and a pawl and ratchet device 18 operatively connected through a link l9 to a crank 21 mounted on the main drive shaft 22 of the stitching machine l4, and which, in turn, may be driven by a belt 23 operatively connected to a suitable source of power, such, for example, as an electric motor,

' engine or the like, all of which is clearly shown and described more specifically in the above mentioned co-pending application.

More particularly, the present invention comprises a pair of vertically spaced upper and lower guide plates 24 and 25, respectively, adapted to receive the casing material 10 between the plates as illustrated in Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive, the casing material being supplied from a roll of the material Illa, preferably, adjacent the receiving end of the guide plates 24 and 25.

The front or receiving end portions of the guide plates 24 and 25 are substantially flat and of a width substantially equal to that of the casing material 10, and are provided adjacent their opposite longitudinal edges with curved portions 26 and 27, respectively, the portions 21 forming folding horns for turning the edge portion of the casing material in an upward direction, while the curved edge portions 26 of the plate 24 follow substantially the contour of the portions 21 in spaced relation thereto in a manner to form channels 28 adapted to receive the edge portions of the casing member If] and provide supports for the upwardly inturned edges of the casing material, which ordinarily is of a more or less flexible or flimsy character and not of sufficient rigidity to be self-supporting in its turned or folded condition.

As shown in Fig. 5, the folding horns 2'! of the guide plate 25 and supporting portions 26 of the plate 24 are directed inwardly and terminate adjacent the central longitudinal portion of the plates in a manner to direct the edge portions of the casing material In inwardly to a point closely adjacent each other at the discharge end of the folding horns.

For supplying the padding material 9, a reel or roll 9a of the padding material is suitably mounted on uprights 29 and above the upper guide plate 24 in a manner to permit of depositing the padding 9 upon the upper side of the guide plate 24 and upon elongated longitudinally extending ribs 3| on said upper guide plate positioned at opposite sides of an elongated aperture 32 formed therein. The ribs 3i act as guides to assist in maintaining the padding 9 in proper position laterally with respect to the fold ing devices and adjacent the intermediate cen- 'tral longitudinal portion thereof, the padding 9 being adapted to be drawn between the portions 26 as the casing material is drawn between the folding horns 2! and through the channels 28 formed by the portions 26 and 21 in such manner that the edge portions of the casing material I9 will be folded thereby so that as the casing and padding materials are discharged from the end of the folding devices, the edge portions of the casing ID will be deposited on top of the padding in close proximity to each other as illustrated at H in Figs. 2, 6 and 7.

As a further means for guiding the padding 9 into operative position with respect to the casing material It], a pair of guide bars 33 are secured to the upper guide plate 24 in any suitable manner and are shown, in the present instance, as adjustably connected by means of hangers 34 with brackets 35 mounted on uprights 36 secured to a base 37, the hangers 34 providing suitable means for adjusting and supporting the upper guide plate 24 with respect to the lower guide plate 25 in a manner to provide suitable clearance for the free passage of the casing material l0 between the plates.

Mounted adjacent the discharge end of the folding horns 2'! are a pair of upper and lower guide rollers 38 and 39, respectively; for guiding the assembled padding 9 and folded casing material I0 to the stitching machine M, the upper guide roller 38 being shown in Fig. 2 as provided with an enlarged peripheral portion 4! (Fig. 2) intermediate its ends for more positively engaging and retaining the edges of the casing material l3 closely adjacent each other in their passage to the stitching machine.

For supplying the mattress border with the finishing ply G2, a reel or roll I2a of the finishing material is suitably mounted adjacent one end of the guide plates 24 and the finishing ply trained over guide rollers 42 and 43 mounted on the upright 29 and thence under a guide roller 44 adjacent the stitching machine H! in a manner to guide the finishing ply to the stitching machine in a position above the assembled padding 9 and casing material ill and in a manner to overlie the adjacent edge portions of the casing material as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2, 6 and 7.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the guide plates 24 and 25, together with their folding portions 26 and 21, may be adjustably mounted on the base 31 by means of supporting members 45 adjustably connected to uprights 45 by means of a slot and bolt connection 4'1, by means of which one or another portion of the guide plates 24 and 25 may be simultaneously adjusted in a vertical direction, and by reason of pivotalconnections at 48 and swinging links 49, the guide plates may be adjusted in a horizontal direction with respect to the guide rollers 38 and 39, whenever such adjustment may be found desirable.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that as the completed mattress border is moved in the direction of the arrow in Fig. l by means of the feed rollers l5 and It, the padding 9 will be drawn along between the portions 26, and the casing material Ill between the guide plates 24 and 25, the folding horns 27 and through the channels 28 for folding the opposite edge portions of the casing material inwardly and onto the upper side of the padding, and that the finishing ply IE will be drawn from the roll Ma and into the stitching machine E4 in a position above the assembled padding and folded casing material in a manner to be acted upon by the stitching machine. for securing the materials of the mattress border together as illustrated in Fig. 7, it being understood, as previously mentioned, that the materials may be secured together in the manner described, or by continuous stitching, whichever method may be found most desirable.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the present invention provides a novel construction and arrangement whereby the materials comprising the mattress border may be assembled in proper relation with respect to each other and presented to the stitching machine or other securing device for securing the materials together.

Also, that the present invention provides folding horns having novel means associated therewith for retaining the edge portion of the casing material in proper position during the folding thereof, and for delivering the padding and casing material from the folding horns With the edge portions of the casing material in close proximity with respect to each other, and in a manner to receive the finishing ply in overlapping relationship with respect to the adjacent edge portions of the casing material. 7

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Obviously, the present invention is not limited to the precise construction and arrangement shown and described as the samemay be variously modified. Moreover, all the features of the invention need not be used conjointly as the same may be used to advantage in variously dif ferent combinations and subcombinations.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casing material thereof, comprising a pair of vertically spaced guide plates of substantially like dimensions adapted to receive the casing material therebetween, oppositely disposed folding horns adjacent the opposite edge portions of said plates and extending inwardly to positions closely adjacent each other at the delivery end of the horns and providing channels for receiving the respective edge portions of said casing material, means for supplying a padding material between said horns, and means for drawing the casing material between said plates and through said horns and channels for folding the opposite edge portions of the casing material inwardly to positions adjacent each other and in a manner to surround said paddingmaterial.

2. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casing material thereof, comprising a pair of vertically spaced coextensive guide plates adapted to receive the casing material therebetween, oppositely disposed folding horns adjacent the opposite edge portions of said plates and extending inwardly to positions adjacent each other and adjacent the central longitudinal portion of the plates, said horns providing channels for receiving the respective edge portions of said casing material, means for supplying a padding material between said horns immediately above one of said guide plates, and means for drawing the casing material between said plates and through said horns and channels for folding the opposite edge portions of the casing material inwardly to positions adjacent each other and in a manner to surround said padding material.

3. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casing material thereof, comprising a pair of vertically spaced guide plates of substantially uni form dimensions adapted to receive the casing material therebetween, oppositely disposed folding horns adjacent the opposite edge portions of the plates and extending inwardly to positions adjacent each other and providing channels for receiving the respective edge portions of said casing material, means for supplying a padding material between said horns immediately above the uppermost of said guide plates, and means for drawing the padding material between said horns and the casing material between said' plates and through said horns and channels for folding the opposite edge portions of the casing mate-rial inwardly to positions adjacent each other for surrounding said padding material.

4. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casing material thereof, comprising a pair of Vertically spaced guide plates adapted to receive the casing material therebetween, guide ribs on the uppermost of said plates, oppositely disposed folding horns adjacent the opposite edge portions of said plates and extending inwardly to positions adjacent each other and providing channels for receiving the respective edge portions of said casing material, means for supplying a padding material between said horns immediately above said uppermost guide plate and adjacent said ribs, and means for drawing the padding material along said guide rib-s between said horns and the casing material between said plates and through said horns and channels for folding the opposite edge portions ofthe casing material inwardly to positions adjacent each other for surrounding said padding material.

5. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casing material thereof, comprising elongated vertically spaced upper and lower guide plates adapted to receive the casing material therebetween, said plates terminating adjacent their opposite longitudinal edge portions in oppositely disposed converging folding horns providing channels for receiving the respective opposite longitudinal edge portions of said casing material, said upper guide plate having an'elongated aperture formed there in adjacent the central longitudinal portion thereof and having elongated guide ribs at opposite sides of said aperture, means for supplying a padding material between said horns and onto said upper plate and said guide ribs, and a pair of feed rollers operatively related to said material for drawing the padding'material between said horns and the casing material between said plates and through said folding horn channels for folding the opposite longitudinal edge portions of the casing material over and inwardly onto the upper side of said padding material.

6. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casing material thereof, comprising elongated vertically spaced upper and lower guide plates adapted to receive the casing material therebetween, said plates terminating adjacent their opposite longitudinal edge portions in oppositely disposed converging folding horns providing channels for receiving the respective opposite longitudinal edge portions of said casing material, said upper guide plate having an elongated aperture formed therein adjacent the central longitudinal portion thereof and having elongated guide ribs at opposite sides of said aperture, means for supplying a padding material between said horns and onto said upper plate and said guide ribs, a pair of guide rollers adjacent the delivery end of said folding horns, and a pair of driven feed rollers o-peratively related to said material at the side of said feed rollers opposite to the folding horns for drawing the padding material between said horns and the casing material between said plates and through said folding horn channels for folding the opposite longitudinal edge portions of the easing material over and inwardly onto the upper side of and completely around said padding material, and for drawing the padding and casing material folded therearound between said guide rollers.

7. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casin material thereof, comprising elongated vertically spaced upper and lower guide plates adapted to receive the casing material therebetween, said plates terminating adjacent their opposite longitudinal edge portions in oppositely disposed converging folding horns providing channels for receiving the respective opposite longitudinal edge portions of said casing material for folding said edge portions inwardly to closely adjacent each other, a pair of laterally spaced guide bars on said upper plate, means for supplying a padding material onto said upper plate between the respective guide bars and folding horns, means for receiving and securing the materials of the mattress border together, a plurality of guide rollers between said securing means and the delivery end of said folding horns, means for supplying a finishing ply of material to said casing material adjacent and outside the edge portions thereof and between the delivery end of the folding horns and said securing means, and feeding rollers for drawing said padding and. easing materials from said folding device and drawing said materials and finishing ply through said securing means.

8. In a device for forming mattress borders, the combination of folding means for the casing material thereof, comprising a base, elongated vertically spaced upper and lower guide plates adjustably mounted on'said base and adapted to receive the casing material between said plates, said plates terminating adjacent their opposite longitudinal edge portions in oppositely disposed converging folding horns providing channels for receiving the respective opposite longitudinal portions of said casing material for folding said edge portions inwardly toward each other, a pair of laterally spaced guide bars on said upper plate, means for supplying a padding material onto said upper plate between the respective guide bars and folding horns, a pair of hangers mounted on said base and adjustably connected to said guide bars, means for receiving and securing the materials of the mattress border together, a pair of guide rollers between said securing means and the delivery end of said folding horns, one of said rollers having an enlarged peripheral portion intermediate its ends, means for supplying a finishing ply of material to said casing material adjacent and outside the edge portions thereof and between the delivery end of the folding horns and said securing means, and feeding rollers operatively related to said securing means for drawing said padding and casing materialsfrom said folding device between said guide rollers and drawing said materials and finishing ply through said securing means.

MAX MARS-ACK. 

